Hannah Sassaman

Hannah is a community organizer with over twenty years of experience organizing for power and tech justice. She is the executive director of People's Tech Project, which supports social movements in developing a positive vision of how technology can contribute to a liberatory world. Previously, as the longtime policy director at Movement Alliance Project (MAP), Hannah spearheaded the CAP Comcast campaign, which helped thousands of Philadelphians win affordable internet for themselves and their communities, and served as a model for community accountability campaigns on telecommunications companies nationwide. In addition, as the campaign director at Prometheus Radio Project, Hannah fought the powerful national broadcasters’ lobby and led the community and legislative strategy that helped pass the Local Community Radio Act, a federal bill that allowed thousands of communities to build their own local radio stations. She lives with her family in West Philly.